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Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies

Release Date:

07/25/2014

... organization, and who instilled the importance of giving to charity in his employees, died Friday at age 86. “There’s ... managing directors at Bear Stearns were required to donate 4...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Religion

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UJA-Federation of New York

McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

Release Date:

08/14/2014

... Bloomberg Philanthropies board, despite the foundation's support for efforts to reduce coal use in the U.S. McConnell, who is running for re-election and ... as a board member, Bloomberg...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Burman, Viera Named to Board of Funders for LGBTQ Issues

Release Date:

08/14/2014

... for LGBTQ Issues. Rohit has spent more than decade in philanthropy, previously working at JP Morgan Chase ... the Museum of Modern Art and the Leadership Council of the Support Center for Nonprofit Management...

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Health

Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

Release Date:

09/08/2014

... — mainly, did their kids get the best ones? But what if, in the interest of educational improvement, we paused to ... overlooked. How about a new education reform push, one that focuses less...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

Release Date:

10/03/2014

OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States ... for drug charges. His foundation has donated about $200 million to drug reforms since...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Public Policy

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website

Release Date:

07/15/2015

... Education Website Is it news, or is it advocacy? In the case of the Seventy Four, a new news site focused on ... America’s education system.” The name refers to the 74 million children...

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Education

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

Release Date:

12/01/2015

... AARP, as well as other studies, confirm, time and again, that the vast majority of us want to live in our homes and communities as we age, and, if possible, to ... years, is...

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Aging

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline

Release Date:

01/07/2016

Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline Last year, at the beginning of ... from school for disciplinary reasons. Today, nearly 3.5 ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage

Release Date:

02/01/2016

... for coverage. Without coverage, many will continue to turn to emergency rooms and public hospitals. However, the ACA imposes significant cutbacks in compensating charity care, leaving a...

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The New York Community Trust

United Hospital Fund

Altman Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Honored by United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council

Release Date:

03/21/2016

... impacts on their communities and made a difference in the lives of others. With more than 600 leaders in attendance, the luncheon raised nearly $1 million in support...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump's Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed

Release Date:

11/11/2016

... described as a classic authoritarian. How is it possible that tens of millions of Americans supported a presidential ... freedom of the press (calling for opening up libel laws to go after critics), the rule...

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Civic Engagement

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The Century Foundation

Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

Release Date:

01/10/2017

... with matching funds from Columbia Ophthalmology to support the effort. The Barbara and Donald Jonas Family Fund was created in 2005 with more than $44 million raised through...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... thing goes for biologists, as they work with programmers to bring order to the chaos of neurons firing by the ... meetings, chat over lunch, or just run into each other in the hallways...

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The Simons Foundation

ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York

Release Date:

05/25/2017

ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York by James Tallon, President, United Hospital Fund ... of effort to reduce the numbers of uninsured. On May 4 , the House of Representatives passed...

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Insights

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

Release Date:

07/06/2017

... study urban environments - with an assist from Google. In joint work with Edward L. Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor ... in Economics, History and Politics, authored a study that uses computer...

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Community Development

Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Raising Money from the Modern Family

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... many a nonprofit would love to draw into their ranks. In addition to her extensive volunteer work spanning nearly three decades, she donates about $ 8 ,000 annually, mostly...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... products that aim to increase financial well-being for 1. 8 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households in America. The Common Cents...

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Economic Security

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MetLife

Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... centers program. This special funding authority expired in 2015. As part of the funding extension for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that year, Congress also extended the Community Health...

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... under the age of 30 have given a total of more than $19 million since 2001 through youth grantmaking programs, a ... an initiative of Foundation Center, finds. "We believe that investing in...

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Brooklyn Org

15 Apr 2020

Responding to COVID-19 Globally – via Zoom

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... financial development, philanthropy and social innovation. In her capacity as Associate Dean for Research and ... engaging in advocacy work at the city or state level to support...